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Notes about issue fonts_in_pdf_files in unstable

Identifier: fonts_in_pdf_files
Suites: unstable / trixie / bookworm / bullseye / experimental
Description: The internally used names/identifiers of fonts embedded into PDF files varies.
The order of embedded fonts can also be different.
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The order is only different if the date differs (set by TZ environment
variable for example). If the date is the same, then the font name
is reproducible. Difference in hour/minute/second resolution seems
to be irrelevant.
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The font name occurs in the /BaseFont field and in the /Fontname field.
The name is of the form XXXXXX+YYY where the XXXXXX part is the one that
varies and is called the subset_tag. It is generated in
texk/web2c/pdftexdir/utils.c function make_subset_tag() from an MD5 sum
over the font glyphs.
Packages in 'unstable' known to be affected by this issue:
(the 1/4 most-popular ones (within this issue) are underlined)

reproducible icon 21 reproducible packages in unstable/amd64: asymptote bacula-doc canl-c flann form gl2ps gnustep-make libtheora libtommath libu2f-server minlog mpich mrpt pasdoc pmw rheolef sollya soundscaperenderer tcode weka winff

FTBFS icon 4 FTBFS packages in unstable/amd64: code-saturne python-escript urweb yosys

FTBR icon 21 unreproducible packages in unstable/amd64: avr-libc cafeobj cxxtest debmake-doc dune-common dune-localfunctions enblend-enfuse firehol gdcm gnubg gprolog kicad live-manual ocaml-atd systemtap topal ufoai yacas graphviz+ libu2f-host+ manderlbot#

 

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